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Name:  Shawn Swain
Age: 25
Hometown: Welland, Ontario, Canada
Hook-ups/Sponsors: BMXfu, The Garage.  Hook up: Sunday

The favorite list:

-Spot to ride: Niagara Falls park
-BMX video: Pegleg
-Website: www.bmxfu.com
-Web video: Garrett Reynolds anything
-Food: Naked poutine in Montreal
-Travel destination: Montreal has a lot of good times good ppl and good spots
-Riders to ride with: Too many to list, just watch fu3, I ride with all of them
-Car: I'm a truck kinda guy

Name: Robert Deveaux a.k.a Blak Rob
Age: 29
Hometown: 718 Boogie Down Bronx
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Bulldog Bikes, Sneax Shoes, Akademiks Clothing, My Pockets

The favorite list:
-Spot to ride: Mullally Skatepark-BX, Hacketstown Skatepark,

Name: Ryan Wert
Age: 21
Hometown: Pittsburgh, Pa
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Kink bike co, Wolf Brand Clothing, Round 2 bmx shop, Sun Ringle
 
The favorite list:

-Spot to ride: Imperial Cement park
-BMX video: Welcome 2 Pittsburgh vids
-Website: www.wolfbrandclothing.blogspot.com
-Web video: anything that is fun
-Food: pizza
-Travel destination: anywhere that a good time is to be had
-Riders to ride with: Mulville, Potoczny bros, Bobby V, Casey Seech, Joe Pacotinni
-Car: VW

This week the BMX world was shocked and saddened to hear that last year’s Jomo Pro winner, Josh Perry had recently been diagnosed with a brain tumor. Josh will be undergoing brain surgery this Friday at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, NC. Duke University is one of the top hospitals in the US for neurosurgery. This weekend I spoke with Josh Perry about his experience in learning about his tumor and with Aaron Cooke, Executive Director of the Athlete Recovery Fund. The ARF is uniquely positioned to offer assistance to all action sports athletes in medical need. Please keep Josh and his family in your thoughts and prayers this week. We all hope for a quick recovery for Josh and hope to see him back on his bike by mid-summer.

How did you discover this? Had you been having symptoms that led you to seek medical care?
JP: Well I had been getting headaches on and off for 6 months or so and never really thought anything of it. They would occur after riding or around the time I’d go to bed and I'd just sleep 'em off.

Name: Craig Passero
Age: 20
Hometown: Locust Valley NY (Long Island)
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Stranger, oss, lotek, LIB

The favorite list:

-Spot to ride: The Bricks A.k.a OG Long Island spot

Name: Andre Bryan Postell
Age: 25
Hometown: Springfield, Ma
Hook ups/Sponsors: Alienation, Quamen bikes, Haven skatepark, TJD, Monster energy, Stampede clothing, FMS, Nike, and Daddy for sure

The favorites list:

Spot to ride: Haven skatepark
Bmx video: Bad Reputation
Website: fuckmylife.com
Food: Pancakes
Travel destination: Denver Co
Riders to ride with: C-Beef, Jeff Dupaul, Christian Maya, Craig Mast, Hector Restrepo, lil Stevie, Ray Balisko, all the locals at agawam and anyone that just enjoys bike riding

Name: Chris Silva
Age: 25
Hometown: Toronto, Ontario Canada
Hook-ups/Sponsors: TenPack, Animal, Macneil, Sour Fever Clothing.

The favorite list:

-Spot to ride: Anything new in Toronto

Name: Jake Seeley
Age: 21
Hometown: Williamstown, MA
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Sunday bikes, OSS parts, Duffs shoes, The Garden mail order, Gatorade, Drop Dead clothing, Hole in the Wall bar.

The favorite list:
-Spot to ride: 3rd and army

Name: Zakary Earley
Age: 19
Hometown: Eliot, Maine
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Tree bicycle co, Credence bikes, Easternboarder, CTi2, Rye Airfield, TJD

The favorite list:

-Spot to ride: 603 trails
-BMX video: Square One's Wide awake nightmare
-Website: Racerxonline.com
-Web video: I don't really watch web edits, I guess any good web edit by a friend.
-Food: Mexican food hands down
-Travel destination: Australia/New Zealand
-Riders to ride with: Brian Hunt, Aaron Smith, Drew Bezanson, Anyone who's down to have a good time and chill

Name: Sergio Layos
Age: 24
Hometown: Madrid, Spain.
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Etnies, Flybikes, Empire, oakley and Red bull.

The favorite list:

-Spot to ride: My trails!
-BMX video: Etnies Fordward.
-Website: Yonkis.com
-Food: My mom`s pisto.
-Travel destination: Japan
-Riders to ride with: Any of the flybikes team.
-Car: Mini 1275 gt.
-Movie: Big fish.
-Colour: green.
-Shoes: Etnies RVMs